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Hilarious Transcripts of Fed Minutes from 2008 Reveal Completely Clueless Fed

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Here is a list of FOMC Transcripts and Other Historical Materials, 2008 Notes I purposely cherry picked statements of various Fed governors. Amazingly, Bernanke spoke of pent-up demand for housing in January of 2008 The January 29-30 transcript was a whopping 194 pages long. I slogged through most of it.

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Mortgage REITs Clobbered as Leverage Forces Sales

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Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. Mortgage REITs Clobbered as Leverage Forces Sales. REITs Deepening Bond Losses as Leverage Forces Sales. Bloomberg reports REITs Deepening Bond Losses as Leverage Forces Sales. Dollar Collapse News on the Dollar's Death Spiral. Urban Digs. Zero Hedge.

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Retail Sales Rise in Germany and France, Decline in Italy

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Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. Retail Sales Rise in Germany and France, Decline in Italy; Margin Squeeze in Germany and France. Italy: Sharpest drop in retail sales since April. In Italy, Markit reports Sharpest drop in retail sales since April. Minyanville Business and Market News.

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Wholesale Sales Unexpectedly Decline (Most in Nearly Five Years), Inventories Unexpectedly Rise

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Finance reports U.S. Wholesale Inventories Rise, but Sales Drop Sharply. wholesale inventories rose more than expected in January, as companies built up stocks of autos and machinery, though sales posted their largest decline in nearly five years. Sales at wholesalers fell 1.9 Economists had forecast sales to edge up 0.2

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Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: European Car Sales.

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Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. European Car Sales Plunge to 20-Year low. Amidst all the happy talk that Europe is on the verge of some sort of recovery, here is yet another counterpoint: European Car Sales Plunge to 20-Year Low. Among smaller markets, sales plunged 42.7% million, a 6.7%

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Big Miss in Retail Sales vs. Expectations; Trend Change or Another

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Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. Big Miss in Retail Sales vs. Expectations; Trend Change or Another "Soft Patch"? Retail sales were up 0.4% May retail sales were revised lower, to +0.5% Here are some retail sales comments from Bloomberg to help put things into perspective.

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Inside a Fortune 500 Boardroom

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In contrast, my favorite boardroom belonged to a clothing retail chain in California during the Great Recession of 2008. The company had suffered a 40% drop in sales. If you know finance, especially the finance of retail businesses, that’s nearly impossible. but was still profitable!